Day 243 – Adaptation versus Adoption
This weekend, I decided to comb through my business account and see how many SAAS applications I have subscribed to. I counted 27. Over half of them, I am not using and have not used in months. I asked myself the question, why did I not adopt these into my life? As I started to […]
Day 242 – Wanderin’ Around
I think I have perfected the art of wandering around. There are times when the structure of life, the repetitive nature of tasks, and the constant pressure of performance start to wear me down. The best way I know to overcome that is to go backpacking in the wild with no internet access. Sleeping on […]
Day 241 – Mimicry is Hard to Avoid
Your personality is hard to avoid. You cannot really hide who you are. Despite your best efforts, the things, the people, and the organizations you engage with will, to some extent, mimic back who you are. It is not an exact mirror reflection, but it tends to be so close that it is painfully obvious […]
Day 240 – Motivation is a Liar
What exactly is “motivation?” Have you thought about this concept? Does motivation actually exist, meaning can we trace this to an exact chemical relay inside our brains or bodies that triggers this sensation of feeling motivated? The answer is a resounding, kind of. We have an idea of what may cause this feeling of motivation, […]
Day 239 – The Minimum is Still Progress
So I have been keeping a series of commitments, including this writing thing, everyday. There are some days, like this evening where I really just do not want to do it. However, here is an important thought to ponder. Even when you do the bare minimum it is significantly more progress than nothing. Iterative improvement […]
Day 238 – Free People or Free Data?
The value inherent in data currently held under lock and key should be free. Freedom, as we discovered in human history, produces economic growth. So, it stands to reason that if you want your company to grow, free your data. Is that a workable theory? All Companies Gather Data Nowadays, all companies seem to spend […]
Day 237 – The Issue will be Energy Consumption
This is where we are heading in the Intelligence creating arms race. Who can produce the most intelligence at the least consumption of energy. So far we are not doing a great job. The computing required to produce the machine intelligence we have now is a resource hog, to put it lightly. We already thought […]
Day 236 – The AI Fever Dream
I had this haunting dream last night that I have not been able to shake. The sequence of events was complicated, and I cannot really explain it now several hours later, however, the basic idea was that I was introduced to a man who I later discovered was God. Early on in the dream, this […]
Day 235 – I run.
The day is long My head hangs low My soul even lower i run. Laughter fills the air Friends all around Joy everywhere i run. Words slip out I cringe inside Regret and doubt i run. A misstep made Mistakes unfold In shame, I wade i run. Ate too much The guilt weighs down I […]
Day 234 – Self Version 6.2
This morning, I was thinking about version control. You know what software developers do when they release a branch of fully reviewed code that is ready for a major release. It is common to create a numbering system internally that is used to track what version is in production versus what major changes are in […]